The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-15

OF green clover WOulQ fur111Sn green 1000
for dozen or more hogs being fed corn to
fatten.-Prairie Farmer.
Every farmer has noticed the deteriora-
ton of oats. The best varieties fall back
after few years, and are little better than
common oat. More attention might be
pToftaoly given to the Sc d. Two sugges-
tions have been made: Tnresh the bundles
lightly with a fail, and thus get the best
seed the other, winnow out all the light
oats.
To those who may not be familiar with
collie dogs, it may be stated that they will
not drive sheep or cattle unless first t-ained
to Go so, though the superstition on the
part OF some is that such dogs perform the
work by natural instinct. They are more
easily taught to drive stock than any other
breed of dogs, but they will not do so unless
taught
1t is best to teach little chicks to eat
cracked corn and wheat when about three
or four weeks old. If fed continually on
soft food they will take no other, and even
do without rather than eat grain. The only
trouble with soft food is that it d.
gests so rapidly that il given all their crop
viii hold, in two or three hours it Is entire
| ly empty, then they are hungry all night
long. A good feed of cracked corn and
wheat at night will keep them coniented.
! Crude petroleum is now used in many
! places for generating steam in the boilers of
| thTeshing-machInes 1t is preferred to any
| kind offuel, as 1t produces no sparks which
are likely to set grain stacks on fire. As the
furnace for burning oil is small, the weight
| of the apparatus is less than that in which
coal and wood are burned.
Where one horse dies from overwork in
| this country twenty die from exhaustion
or want of proper treatment. A sound
horse will stand wonderful amount of
! work if he has the tight kind of care while
at it.
The oat is splendid food for young ami
! mails because, compared with c0rn, straw,
etc., it is rich in muscle and bone-forming
elements; and this also makes ii a splendid
food for work animals. Corn should be
fed sparingly to work animals, during the
summer months especially, as it is neat
ing food. 1t will pay to make the grain ra-
ton Of oats in the morning and at noon.
Hungarian grass and millet are two grass
crops that are grown in summer, the seed
being sometimes sown as late as July, but
June is better, should q ram occur. The
Huns arian grass affords several cuttings
during the same season, and is excellent for
horses when cured. Millet grows very tall,
makes a heavy crop, but is moved only
orce. Both crops need rich soil, but can
be grown on sandy soil if it be properly
MANFRED.
In regard to cutting potatoes, very
large number of experiments have proved
that whole potatoes are best for warm,
high lands, and, for very early potatoes,
they will not only yield enough more to
psy the extra cost OF the seed but will
produce a crop from q week to ten days
earlier than cut potatoes, which will some
times make a difference in price from 90
cents to 81 q bushel. But on rich, moist
land the difference between whole and cut
potatoes is got so great. In the first place,
on q rich, moist soil it is not SO important
to secure an early vigorous growth as it is
on a warm, dry soil, and, in the second
place, not being planted so deep below the
surrounding land, there is a greater ten
denCy to the production of larger nun.
Der of stalks than on dry land, but, as 8
, rule, even on low land, it would be better
to plant a medium sized potato whole.
Coal ashes are OF some value as a fertil.
izer, especially to mix with clayey soil.
But the best use to make of the ashes is for
| road and paths. a good covering, over
which a little soil is thrown, will soon
form a hard, solid road. To make a better
walk, prepare and level the bead, excavat
| ing it few inches below the general sur
face. Pour on q coating of coal tar anC
cover it thickly with coal ashes. Wher
this is dry, repeat with another coat of Ia
and ashes, and so on, until there are foul
! coats of tar and as many OF ashes. This, il
) a short time, will harden and make a wall
as hard as stone.
, year or more ago Professor E. W
, | Stewart summarized the statistics of sever
! fat-stock shows, where cost of feeding wa
given by the competitors, and as a result
he found that the gain of an average well
! fed animal cost o. cents per pound up Il
one year old, % cents from birth up Il
two years old, and 40 cents for animal
3 up to three years old. Three animals, fat
hfrfh ~ tod oF
two and three years of age, cost the feede
/ 81 cents per pound of gain In tie frs
/ year, so cents per pound for the sscon,
}, year and Z = cents per pound for the gail
/ in the third year.
Careful experiments on the sense r
s smell in dogs have been made by Gsorge
4 Romanes, who has communicated the n
0 suits to the Linnean Society of LondOr
: He finds that not only the feet, but tn
whole body of a man exhale a peculiar O
. individual odor, which dog can recognlz
a as that of his master amid a crowd of othe
n persons; that the individual quality of thi
odOr can be recognized at great distance
, to windwaTd, or in calm weather at gres
u distances in any direction; and that eve
, powerful perfumes may not overcome thi
odor. Yet single sheet of brown paper
e when stepped upon instead of the ground
u and afterwara removed was sufficient {
prevent Mr.. Romans dog from foIloWin
r his trail.
d Careful trial has satisfied those who prat
i tice S0ilipg that one acre OF land, we
+; TILED, will support cow as long as thre
n acres of pasture and one acre of meadow
Y A succession of crops must be sown, c
course. The first crop to cat in the sprin
e is winter rye. then follow medium Glove
!. and orchard grass, timothy and alsike o
: pea vine clover, or both, oats, or peas an
oats, millet, corn, sorghum, the latter sow
very thick to keep the stalks soft, and if +
this system of soiling was added that G
silaee and the latter used after the gree
: growing crops were frozen up and with tn
silage variety of root crops saved an
used, much more stock could be kept.
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